Carl Sagan’s Love/Hate Relationship with Intelligent Design

Episode 1622 July 11, 2022 00:33:06
Carl Sagan’s Love/Hate Relationship with Intelligent Design
Intelligent Design the Future
Carl Sagan’s Love/Hate Relationship with Intelligent Design

Jul 11 2022 | 00:33:06

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Show Notes

On today’s ID the Future, philosopher of science Paul Nelson explores an intriguing tension in the thinking of famous scientist and science popularizer Carl Sagan concerning his agnosticism shading into atheism on the one hand, and on the other hand his embrace of certain ideas consistent with the theory of intelligent design. As Nelson is quick to clarify, if Sagan had lived to see the rise of the contemporary intelligent design movement, he probably would have rejected it, particularly its theistic implications. And yet, Nelson says, Sagan’s thinking and arguments laid out in his Gifford lectures and in his science Read More ›

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